Hamm said he really wanted to play Sam Seaborn.
Elmo’s Firestar departed the show in its fourth season, although he returned for the final two episodes.
“I thought, ‘I could murder this part.’
Jon Hamm wanted Rob Lowe’s “The West Wing” role.Gary Gershoff/Getty; Daniel Zuchnik/Variety via Getty
“Then it was like, ‘Oh, it’s Rob Lowe.
Okay, I get it.’
So I thought the same thing would happen onMad Men.
Jon Hamm as Don Draper in"Mad Men”.Michael Yarish / AMC / Courtesy: Everett
I’ll give a great audition, and they’ll give it to a movie star.
It turned out that Lowe was unofficially being considered for the advertising executive part, too.
We want it to be a mystery about who this guy is.'
And to my tremendous benefit, that worked.”
Hamm explained that, up to that point, he’d had a tough time getting roles.
“I just didnt fit,” said Hamm, whose parents both died before he reached adulthood.
“I was the guy who was 25 but looked 35.
It’s like I fell between two barstools.
I mean, I didnt look like I was in high school when I was in high school.
I don’t know if it was losing my parents, but I looked older.”
